Digital technologies are rapidly making inroads into all realms of human life and the microfinance sector is one such … inclusion. This paper explores how these mechanisms - innovation, inclusion and efficiency - have been integral to microfinance … operations in the past, and how innovations in digital technology may be yet another opportunity for microfinance institutions to …

Microfinance institutions, despite the presence of competition and informational asymmetries, typically offer a limited … consequences in terms of strategic interaction and borrower welfare. We model an oligopolistic market in which Microfinance …

This paper presents an in-depth analysis of developments in the microfinance sector before and after the Lehman … developing countries. The findings indicate that microfinance has been part of the same credit boom observed in the traditional … capital. This raises the question whether the crisis resilience the microfinance sector has shown in the past remains a …

The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating … matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India. -- India ; microfinance ; business training …

We investigate if participation in Indian Self Help Group microfinance program (SHG) results in reducing vulnerability … be robust using sensitivity analysis and Rosenbaum bounds method. -- Microfinance ; Vulnerability ; Poverty ; Self Help …

the first studies of the impact of 'microfinance plus', or the disbursement of services beyond credit. Indian SHGs are … mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but funded by commercial banks. We correct for membership selection bias with data on … on these estimates. -- India ; microfinance ; training ; impact studies ; Self Help Groups …